Marginella aequinoctialis | |
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Shell of Marginella aequinoctialis (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Marginellidae |
Genus: | Marginella |
Species: | M. aequinoctialis |
Binomial name | |
Marginella aequinoctialis Boyer & Simbille, 2004 [1] | |
Marginella aequinoctialis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails. [2]
This species has not, so far (2017) been formally reassigned to Glabella Swainson, 1840 but belongs there as being a sibling species of Glabella bellii (G.B. Sowerby II, 1846) [2]
The length of the shell attains 10.9 mm.
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This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Gabon at a depth of 25 m.
Marginella is a very large genus of small tropical and temperate sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Marginellinae of the family Marginellidae, the margin snails. It is the type genus of the family.
Marginellidae, or the margin shells, are a taxonomic family of small, often colorful, sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Neogastropoda.
Granulina is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Granulinidae.
Haliotis planata, common name the planate abalone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalones.
Euthria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.
Granulina canariensis is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Granulinidae.
Marginella aronnax is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Marginella impudica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Marginella lamarcki is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Marginella piperata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Volvarina avena, common name the orange-banded marginella, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Cryptospira is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pruninae of the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Dentimargo is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Mesoginella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Serrata is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Austroginellinae of the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Pterygia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mitroidea.
Marginella aurantia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Marginella sebastiani is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Glabella is a genus of small tropical and warm-water sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Marginellinae is a taxonomic subfamily within the larger family of Marginellidae, a group of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Volutoidea.